A calling card to China
19.05.12
NOW THAT Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping has completed a well-publicised and successful visit, the purposes behind his itinerary: that of deepening bilateral relations, strengthening commercial links and emphasising the importance of Ireland both as a stable member of the EU and as a trading gateway should receive concentrated attention.
Chinese governments take a long-term view and we should do likewise.
Reassuring signals exist in that regard. Four ministerial visits are already planned involving Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn and Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney along with a variety of business delegations. Former president Mary McAleese went there in 2003 and 2010; former taoiseach Bertie Ahern in 2008. Building political bridges are necessary requirements if jobs and new enterprises are to be created in both countries.
In a period dominated by “sentiment” within the financial markets, the benefits offered by Mr Xi’s visit are significant. As the man likely to become China’s new leader, it offers reassurance to foreign investors about Ireland’s economic recovery and future growth. It also places those developments within the context of greater EU integration and currency stability. For China, this reflects the importance of the EU as the world’s largest trading economy and its own chief trading partner. By choosing to visit a peripheral state as a 27-year-old trade and economic agreement is being reviewed, the importance of smaller countries and the role of the EU Commission is quietly underlined.
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